Graham Gouldman
Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.
Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968
Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England into a Jewish family. He played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including the High Spots, the Crevattes, the Planets and the Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Maurice Sperling (vocals/drums), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobson (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract with HMV, releasing a recording of the Buddy Holly song "Look at Me", backed with "Baby Not Like You", written by Lol Creme, in June 1964.
In late 1964 Gouldman dissolved the Whirlwinds and in February 1965 formed the Mockingbirds with Jacobson and Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band the Sabres, Kevin Godley (drums). The Mockingbirds signed with the Columbia label, which rejected Gouldman's first offering as a single – "For Your Love" (later a major hit for the Yardbirds) – and issued two singles, "That's How (It's Gonna Stay)" (February 1965, also issued in the US on ABC Paramount) and "I Can Feel We're Parting" (May 1965). The band switched to the Immediate label for "You Stole My Love" (October 1965) and Decca for "One By One" (July 1966) and "How to Find a Lover" (October 1966)
Gouldman, Graham Filmography
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2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1996, role: composer
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1980, role: composer
Graham Gouldman
ALBUMS
- Animalympics released: 1980
- The Graham Gouldman Thing released: 1968
Sunburn
Sunburn - Gordie Sampson
GORDIE SAMPSON
SUNBURN
Last july
Fell asleep with a wolf blass
Fell asleep in the tall grass
By a stone hero
Last July
I drank a bottle of wolf blass
And passed out in the tall grass
On Portabello Road
Yeah the sky was alive
Held you like a gem stone
And got lost on the way home
And never told a soul
Now it feels just like it's raining rubber balls
You get to run like hell just to watch me crawl
Bet you just can't wait till the whole thing falls
And now you can be my great regret
So I guess it hasn't hit me yet
Slow drag on my last cigarette
Just a good excuse to take all I can get
You're the lesson you never learn
You're my sunburn
(female voice) yeahh yeahhhh
She cuts (?) the groove
Makes it hard to be humble
But I trip and I stumble
Like a scratched 45
Now it seems just like I'm tired or too stoned
You get to step on a crack just to break my bone
Guess I got my wish guess I should have known
That you would be my great regret
Though I guess it hasn't hit me yet
So drag on the last cigarrete
Just a good excuse to take all I can get
You're the lesson I never learned
You're my sunburn
Yeahh yeahhhhh
Well you change your mind
Like you change your shirt
You cover my skin's little hurt
But it don't work
It just makes it worse
You can be my great regret
Though I, I guess it hasn't hit me yet
(with female voice) so drag on my last cigarette
Just a good excuse to take all I can get
Roll the phones
And double your bets
I've got a lot to lose a lot more to get
Watch it rise and watch it set
Every drop of sweat
Till it takes away my breath
You're the lesson I never learned
You're my sunburn
(with male and female voice harmonizing ahaahhh yeahhhh)
You're my sunburn
You're my sunburn
You're my sunburn
You're my sunburn